Culture/People

Kuskwogmiut Yup'ik

Previous owner

Alaska Fur Company (Hudson Bay Fur Company)

Seller

Alaska Fur Company (Hudson Bay Fur Company)

MAI agent

George Gustav Heye (GGH), Non-Indian, 1874-1957

Object Name

Sled

Media/Materials

Wood, animal gut/intestines

Techniques

Carved

Object Type

Transportation Items

Place

Kuskokwim River; Calista Native Corporation, Doyon Native Corporation; Alaska; USA

Collection History

Collection history unknown; purchased by George Heye from the Alaska Fur Company (Seattle, Washington) during a trip to the Pacific Northwest in 1938.

Catalog Number

19/8734

Barcode

198734.000

See related items

Kuskwogmiut Yup'ik

Transportation Items

Data Source

National Museum of the American Indian

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